Italy is making coronavirus tests for visitors from China mandatory following an explosion in cases in China, the health minister said Wednesday. “I have ordered mandatory COVID-19 antigenic swabs, and related virus sequencing, for all passengers coming from China and transiting through Italy,” minister Orazio Schillaci said. The measure
Junta troops are still banning the transport of humanitarian aid including shipments of medicines and fuel in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state a month after a local cease-fire went into force, according to sources in the region. Brokered by Japan after four months of intense fighting in the Rakhine, the
A secret court in Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced the lawyer representing a leader of the former ruling political party to 15 years in prison with hard labor, according to an attorney with knowledge of the country’s judicial proceedings. The military tribunal in Mandalay’s Obo Prison sentenced Ywat Nu Aung, who
UI GreenMetric 2022: Luiss among the top 20 most sustainable universities ROME, Dec. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Luiss continues to climb the UI GreenMetric 2022 ranking of the world’s most sustainable universities, taking 19th place globally among the 1,050 participating universities and 2nd place in Italy. Since its first entry in 2018, Luiss has […]
The United Nations refugee agency said Sunday in a statement that about 180 Rohingya were feared to have drowned at sea after their boat left Bangladesh for Malaysia earlier this month. When a boat carrying 174 Rohingya washed ashore Monday in Indonesia, many people speculated that they were the
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) urged countries Tuesday to help Rohingya Muslims stranded at sea, as at least 20 reportedly died and hundreds more landed in Indonesia after weeks adrift in the Indian Ocean. Nearly 500 Rohingya have reached Indonesia in the past six weeks while “many others
Negligence of duty
Lawmakers under fire for taking overseas trips while failing to work on pending bills
With about three weeks left before the 21st National Assembly closes on May 29, a